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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2023, 3:27 PM CST for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2023, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2023, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 2, 5:50 PM CST, 21 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 5:50 PM CST, 21 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:42 AM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 21 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 51 min |
| Jan 3, 1:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair | 110 min |
| Jan 3, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 17 min |
| Jan 3, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Jan 3, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Russell | 51 min |
| Jan 3, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Jan 3, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 53 min |
| Jan 3, 5:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 44 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.